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log book College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery

VOLUME 47 * SPRING 1969 · NUMBER 1
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log book
College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery
VOLUME 47 * SPRING 1969 * NUMBER 1

THE LOG BOOK is published quarterly by the College of Osteo-

pathic Medicine and Surgery. Second class postage is paid at
Des Moines, Iowa. Address all mail, change of address, or Form
3579 to 722 Sixth Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50309.

Editorial Staff

Editor .................................... Suzanne Foster

Editorial Advisor .......................... E. M. Meneough
Graphics ........................ The Graphic Corporation

NATIONAL ALUMNI OFFICERS

President .............................. B. B. Baker, D.O.

President-Elect .................. William Lavendusky, D.O.
Secretary-Treasurer .................. Joseph Baker, D.O.
Past-President ........................ Stan Sulkowski, D.O.
Director ............................. Paul T. Rutter, D.O.
Director .......................... Walter B. Goff, D.O.
Director ........................ Robert W. Johnson, D.O.

Table of Contents
Finally .............................................. 3
Senior Week ........................................ 10
Featured Speakers .................................... 12
On Capitol Hill ..................................... 13
New Program ........................................ 14
Students' W ives ...................................... 15
Com m unication ...................................... 16
Faculty Facts ........................................ 19
Alumni .................................... .......... 20

ON THE COVER
The Honorable Ray Harrison, Judge, Des
Moines Municipal Court, delivered the key-
note speech during the 1969 Commence-
ment exercises.
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When most of us were very little, we
learned a nursery rhyme that went ...
"London Bridge is falling down, falling
down . . ." We generally repeated the
words, but thought little of their mean-
ing. Today, the buildings that house
the complex called College of Osteo-
pathic Medicine and Surgery are in a
state not unlike the London Bridge.
Recognizing this fact isn't difficult;
acquiring new facilities is.
Some of you may have read about
our new idea for an urban medical
complex in this publication or heard
about it at a state convention. Just as
osteopathic medicine is an ever-chang-
ing, ever-growing profession, so must
our new facilities grow and change
with the times.
Basically, the building is a three
story monolithic structure which con-
tains a central interior garden court
from which four wings radiate outward.
The interior garden court contains
a large circular structure half of which
is an open auditorium (644 capacity).
Three enclosed adjacent lecture rooms
(143 capacity each) complete the circle
(see figure A). The ceiling of the court
stretches to the third floor, thus pro-
viding the building with an internal
environment.
The wings which radiate outward
from the court neatly segregate the
clinical sciences, the students and
related services, the basic sciences, and
the administration.

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NORTH WING and laboratory make up the first floor.

The general clinic will be used by all
The entire North Wing houses clinical
patients for first visits and for follow-up
departments and an out-patient diag-
treatment by those who will be man-
nostic and treatment center. The area
aged by the Family Care Clinic. Patients
allocated to each clinical department
referred to the various specialty areas
includes both the departmental space
will return to the appropriate specialty
and the patient care area appropriate
area for future care.
to each department.
The second floor contains the depart-
The basement contains bulk storage
ments of Internal Medicine and Osteo-
areas, medical records storage, and the
pathic Practice and related areas; the
Department of Biomedical Communi-
third floor, the departments of Psychia-
cations.
try, Pediatrics, and Obstetrics-Gyneco-
The departments of Surgery and
logy.
Radiology, an emergency room, general
clinic and reception area, pharmacy,

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oratories and general use facilities.
Central receiving, maintenance, cadaver
storage, and a crematorium are housed
in the basement. The first floor holds
the college library, cafeteria, and a
student supply center all of which are
easily accessible from any of the other
wings.
The second floor is devoted entirely
to multi-disciplinary laboratories
(Omni-Labs) for the first year class.
Within each student laboratory are four
cubicles; each accommodates four
students. Within each cubicle, every
student has his own desk, microscope
locker, bookcase, lab coat locker, and
Physiology. Each group of four students
will have one work sink with disposal
unit, one closed circuit television moni-
tor; one four channel polygraph, and,
for the first year class, one cadaver in
an hermetically sealed stainless steel
vault. The vault, when closed, also
provides a clean flat surface upon
which the group will perform animal
experiments. The second year class
will have a comparable lab with the
exception of a flat work table rather
than the vault. Omni-Labs for the
second year class will be located on the
third floor.

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floor, the departments of Physiology
The entire south wing contains basic
and Pharmacology. Each department
science departments.
contains faculty offices, a conference
The College animal facility is located
room, secretarial area, and areas for
in the basement.
use pertinent to each department.
The first floor contains the depart-
ments of Microbiology and Pathology;
the second floor, the departments of

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FACILITY

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WEST WING Utilities are distributed by means of

fully accessible, vertical walk-through
The administrative offices make up
corridors against which laboratory walls
the west wing.
are juxtaposed.
The alumni office, public relations,
purchasing and property, and the col-
So far, slight variation on the four
lege print shop will locate in the base-
walls, a roof, and nothing more theme
ment.
can be noted. The building does not
The first floor is an open access to
vary until one goes deeper into
the central courtyard.
structural design.
The second floor is devoted to busi-
ness administration; the third floor pro-
vides for academic administration.

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When the concept was first proposed The main corridors of this wing run
and all through the planning stages, centrifugally with the utility chases
the idea of flexibility was constantly parallel to the exterior "skin". Future
stressed. Consequently, this building expansion may be accomplished by
is flexible. removing the "skin", extending the
How? floors about 30 feet, thus allowing for
All interior walls in the South Wing about 32 more student places per
(basic sciences) and the North Wing floor. Utilities would be furnished by
(general clinic) will be constructed of the existing most easterly utility chases.
movable partitions, using a six-foot Lecture rooms can be enlarged or
module. Room-by-room flexibility is additional lecture rooms created by
thus provided. The vertical utility chases modification of the relatively modest
and main corridors in these wings run auditorium.
centrifugally from the courtyard to the Integration of a teaching hospital
outer walls. These outer walls are both into this building can be accomplished
in the future by removing all partitions
non-weight bearing "skins". Expansion
in the North Wing (general clinic),
of either wing can be accomplished by
constructing the appropriate structural
removing the "skin", extending the
shell as an extension of that wing, and
floors and chases, and replacing the
redesigning the resulting composite
"skins".
space as a teaching hospital.
The Omni-Labs (East Wing) are de-
signed to provide completely integrated
student laboratory and study areas,

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 On April 2, 1969, the college was
informed by the Bureau of Health Pro-
fessions Assistance of the Department
of Health, Education, and Welfare that
the National Advisory Council on Edu-
cation for Health Professions, had ap-
proved our request for Federal con-
struction funds in the amount of ap-
proximately $8.5 million. This Advisory
Council is charged by law with the
evaluation of all applications for Fed-
eral construction funds submitted by
schools of the various health profes-
sions.
These Federal funds are Matching
Funds and will not be released until
C.O.M.S. has raised the rest of the
money needed for this project. Since
the total cost of the project is $16
million and a group of alumni have
already pledged about $250,000, we
still have $7,250,000 to go.
We have retained the firm of Ward,
Dreshman and Reinhardt, Inc., to assist
us in conducting an intensive nation-
wide fund raising campaign.
Now is the time for alumni and
friends of the College to pledge their
best efforts and abilities for our devel-
opment program. COMS needs your
emotional, professional and financial
support!
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SENIOR
WEEK
Henry Doyle Haynes and Kenneth
Charles Burns are both experts. Experts
at taking serious, romantic songs and
teasing and twanging them into barely
recognizable musical parodies. These
two men, better known to a vast and
fast-growing public as Homer and
Jethro, were the guest stars at the
C.O.M.S. Pacemaker Ball. The Ball,
held June 3rd from 9:00 p.m. to 1:00
a.m. in the Val Air Ballroom, West Des
Moines, also featured the Don Hoy
Orchestra.
Homer and Jethro were born, reared,
and educated in and around Knoxville,
Tennessee. They teamed up as a hill-
billy singing team while in school, play-
ing school audtoriums, churches, and
benefit shows.
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They began their long and active
career with the Renfro Valley Barn
Dance in Renfro Valley, Kentucky,
where they started their present style
of parodying currently popular song
hits. They stayed on with the Renfro
Valley Barn Dance for almost three
years.
Both boys served four years in the
Army during World War II, Jethro in
the Pacific and Homer in the European
sector. Following their Army experi-
ence, they became associated with
WLW in Cincinnati, where they ap-
peared with the "Midwestern Hayride".
While on the staff at WLW, they started
their recording career with the King
Recording Company and began making
personal appearances. The boys formed
their own act and went on tour with
a tent show.
Under the management of Spike
Jones, they again toured the country,
playing such spots as the Roosevelt
Hotel, New Orleans; the Forrest Park
Hotel, St. Louis; Olympia Theatre,
Miami; and the Chicago Theatre. While
in Chicago, the boys were invited to
become regular members of the WLS
National Barn Dance, where they re-
mained for eight years. In those years,
they were regular guests on Don
McNeil's Breakfast Club, made TV
guest spots on various national and
local Chicago TV shows and had a
multitude of appearances before con-
ventions, state and county fairs, the
Thunderbird and Show Boat in Las
Vegas, and other top clubs in the
United States.
Homer and Jethro have been rated
in trade papers as the top country and
western comedy singing team for the
past six years. Stories on their career
have appeared in TIME and PAGEANT
magazines, as well as the leading coun-
try and western magazines in the
country.
Neither of them has had any formal
musical training, but Homer is con-
sidered one of the finest guitarists in
the business, and Jethro rates high as a
mandolin player. The boys live music,
often sitting in on jam sessions.
Homer and Jethro have been with
RCA Victor for a number of years. They
admit that in the past, RCA has been
unaccountably worried about their
sales. But the boy's Tennessee-style
logic is too much for RCA's citified
executives, "Like when we were in New
York last for a recordin' session," says
Jethro, "One of the execs came down
to ask if we had any ideas that would
help the sales of our records. I told
him sure thing. Put Perry Como's name
on the label." Homer and Jethro
Alumni and friends and families of
graduates were invited to attend the
Pacemaker Ball. During the festivities,
the Pacemaker Queen was selected
from candidates and crowned.

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 FEATURED SPEAKER
FOR SENIOR BANQUET
J. Scott Heatherington, D.O., President-
elect of the A.O.A., was the featured
speaker at the annual Senior Farewell
Banquet during Senior Week activities
at the College.
Dr. Heatherington, a general prac-
tioner from Gladstone, Oregon, is a
1944 graduate of C.O.M.S. and a mem-
ber of its Board of Trustees. He has
served as a member of the Board of
Trustees of the A.O.A. since 1959. He
is a former chairman of the AOA con-
stitution and by-laws committee, dis-
tinguished service awards committee,
council on development, department
of public affairs, department of busi-
ness affairs and department of pro-
fessional affairs. He was twice president
of the Oregon Osteopathic Association
and served for 12 years as a trustee of
the O.O.A. He is a former chief of
staff of the Portland Osteopathic Hos-
pital.
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FEATURED SPEAKER
FOR COMMENCEMENT
The keynote speaker for the seventieth
annual C.O.M.S. commencement exer-
cises was the Honorable Ray Harri-
son, Judge of the Municipal Court,
Des Moines.
Judge Harrison earned his doctor of
jurisprudence in 1925 from Drake Uni-
versity. That same year, he was the
recipient of the David I. McCahill
scholarship which enabled him to take
a year of post graduate work at Yale.
In 1949, Judge Harrison won the
Community Award; in 1956, he was
appointed to the bench. Four years
later, in 1960, he was named the Inter-
national Man of the Year by the Sera-
toma Club.
Judge Harrison has long been known
for his work with individuals suffering
from alcoholism. The officials of the
detoxification center noted this fact in
renaming the center in his honor. "We
feel this is the least we can do for a
man who has knocked himself out to
help alcoholics and to assist others in
becoming familiar with the dangers of
the disease"
 The gold-leafed dome of the Iowa State
Capitol building dominates the Eastern
skyline of Des Moines. Beneath the
dome, pertinent, and sometimes not
H
E T-VAz
so pertinent, legislation is debated and
passed into law.
To C.O.M.S., some of the legislation
passed by the 63rd General Assembly
was particularly important.
Two years ago, at the last General
Assembly, a law was passed in a
precedent-breaking action which pro-
vided $200,000 for medical tuition
loans. Last year, sixty-one of our stu-
dents were recipients of these loans.
This year, there was a suggestion to
revise the loan qualifications and pro-
vide a flat rate, rather than base the
loan on tuition. This suggestion was
defeated. Instead, additional monies
were allocated, bringing the amount

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available for loans to $300,000.
Other legislation directly affecting
programs of concern to the College
were two bills dealing with alcoholism.
Our Harrison Treatment and Rehabili-
tation Center, an alcoholism detoxifica-
tion center, has been plagued by an
CAPITOL HILL
extremely rocky financial road. Two
bills that were passed this year should Like the Grand Canyon, legislation
alleviate this difficulty. such as this doesn't just "happen"; it
One of the bills redefines the duties is the result of long hours and hard
of the state Commission on Alcoholism work. We need your support.
and establishes a method for securing Next year, another election will be
larger, firmer fiscal support for such held in June to elect legislators for the
local operations as our Center. 1971 General Assembly. Your legislator
The other bill provides for the appro- will be asking for your support in June;
priation of $500,000 for the next bien- ask for his next January.
nium to the Commission on Alcoholism
for the support of local alcoholism
centers to be matched by county funds.

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ANEW
PROGRAM
Jail is no longer a place to incarcerate
hardened criminals until the necktie
party begins. By the same token, med-
ical school is no longer a place where
students are "jailed" until they are
studied into practicing physicians. More
and more, community service is de-
veloped as an active part of the COMS
curriculum. Programs have been de-
veloped to provide health care for
poverty areas; to find ways to treat and,
ultimately, to rehabilitate patients suf-
fering from alcoholism; and to re-
establish valid communication between
individuals. Now, a new program is
under development to extend commun-
ity service into providing medical care
for county jail inmates.
Since December, fourth year students
serving their clinic service quarter in
the downtown College Clinic have
been accompanying an osteopathic
physician to the jail for morning sick
call. The D.O., Robert J. Connair, was
one of the originators of the program
which was designed to replace prison-
ers' almost daily trips to the county
hospital for medical care. He and Polk
County Sheriff Wilbur Hildreth worked
out the details of the program, then
presented it to the Board of Super-
visors for approval.
The new program serves a two-fold
purpose.
First, since even prisoners in county
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jails are still prone to human frailties,
the ride out to the county hospital for
medical attention was more of a treat
than a threat. Then, too, the escape
from tedium was, in one or two in-
stances, also an escape from detention.
In addition, the cost to the county for
medical attention was steadily rising.
Secondly, as Dr. Connair reported,
"Our senior students can see more
patients and they are challenged by the
need for accurate diagnosis without the
use of sophisticated medical equipment
and elaborate clinical tests. The cases
run the gamut of cardiac problems,
epilepsy and so forth, through minor
surgery." They have also done some
psychiatric counseling.
The program has been operating on
a five-day-a-week basis; however, there
is a physician on call twenty-four-hours
a day, seven days a week. A total of
866 patients were seen during the
five month operation at a modest cost
to the county.
Sheriff Hildreth, in commenting on
the viewpoint of the county, reported,
"The need for a service of this type has
been apparent for some time. The
benefits to the inmates and the eco-
nomic benefits to the county make
this a very impressive program".
Dr. Connair, Assistant Professor of
Osteopathic Principles & Practice and
Director of the Division of Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation, recently
completed a fellowship in Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation at the
College and is now eligible for certifi-
cation.
from left, Mrs. Irwin Groff, counselor for the wives' club, Mrs. Tedd McKinney, president, Mrs. Nigh,
and Dr. Vigorito.
Clyde had his Bonnie, Romeo had his
Juliet, and most student doctors have
their wives.
Wives traditionally keep the lid on
catastrophes while their husbands labor
toward the sometimes elusive goal of
D.O. However, most wives are not
content to merely keep the home fires
burning, they get involved. Wives of
students at COMS get involved with
Students' Wives Club.
Annually, the members of Wives
Club carry through with a variety of
service projects aimed at earning both
money and a bit of community respect.
The Wives' projects range from a
bake sale, rummage sale, annual formal
dance, through such services as a bas-
ket of food at Thanksgiving for a family
from one of the clinics and a big
Christmas party for children of clinic
families.
Each year, the Past-President of the
Auxiliary to the American Osteopathic
Association tours the five osteopathic
colleges serving as Counselor to the
STUDENTS WIVES CLUB
Students' Wives Club at each school.
This year, Mrs. Ruth Harms Nigh, wife
of Dr. E. G. Nigh, of McPherson, Kan-
sas, serves in this capacity.
Mrs. Nigh is a charter member of the
Auxiliary to the Kansas State Osteo-
pathic Association and has held every
Auxiliary office at the state and district
level. Before becoming AAOA Presi-
dent, she served as first and second
vice- president, recording secretary,
scholarship program, and public rela-
tions chairman.
During Mrs. Nigh's recent visit, she
was given a tour of the present College
facilities. Thomas Vigorito, D.O., Presi-
dent, discussed COMS plans for an
urban medical complex, detailing his
conversation with architect's schematics.
Later that day, Mrs. Nigh was the
featured speaker at the monthly meet-
ing of the wives club.
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 COMMU N ICATION.
A RETURN TO THE BEGINNING
When man first learned to communi-
cate, he probably used grunts and
monosyllables to convey his thoughts.
How strange to have evolved, through
the mechanization of our society, to
a stage where again grunts and mono-
syllables are used for communication.
An awareness of this problem is slowly
taking form.
The trend toward improving com-
munication began in the late 1940's
when a psychologist named Kurt Lewin
conducted an indepth study of pre-
judice among social groups at the
University of Michigan. Lewin made
the discovery that "feedback", a term
denoting the regenerating response to
an initial reaction, could also apply to
people. Using "feedback" as a learning
tool, Lewin found that he could study
individual and group behavior as well
as the effects of that behavior on others.
While Lewin went on to bring his
ideas to the National Training Labora-
tory Institute of Applied Behavioral
Sciences in Washington, D. C., others
who were working independently of
each other on very similar concepts
were arriving at very similar conclusions.
One such man was Dr. Henry Nelson
Wieman. Taking "feedback" one step
further to the concept of "creative
interchange", Wieman brought still a
new dimension to this movement. Wie-
man maintained that if the proper
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climate were reached between two
people, it would then be possible to
establish real communication through
the true understanding of oneself and
his impact on the other.
Thus, it is Dr. Wieman's approach to
communication that makes the Des
Moines Center for Creative Interchange
as individual as fingerprints.
The Center is located in a renovated
section of the College, which is also
lending administrative support to its
formation. To understand the real
significance behind the Center, one
must look first to the man who form-
ulated the concepts of Creative Inter-
change, Henry Nelson Wieman, Ph.D.
In the first edition of "Interchange",
the monthly newsletter published by
the Center, Dr. Wieman discusses con-
flict and creativity and in doing so, he
states his philosophy on the subject:
"Perhaps the most serious problem of
our time is how to deal with conflict,
to make it creative and not destructive.
We live in the age of conflict due to
rapid social change, breaking down the
regulative control of tradition; due to
ever closer interdependence of people
with conflicting interests; due to a
technology making conflict more de-
structive than ever before; due to
television awakening people to possi-
bilities of improvement by conflict.
"Throughout history conflict has
been the chief way to improvement,
politically, economically, educationally,
artistically, widening the consciousness
of values for the individual and giving
fuller content of value to the prevailing
culture. Also, conflict has been the
chief destroyer of value, reducing the
range of consciousness of value for the
individual and impoverishing the con-
tent of value for the prevailing culture.
"Conflict brings parties together with
very diverse values. This makes it possi-
ble for each to undergo a change
whereby each acquires from the other
new values not otherwise possible. This
occurs by a kind of interchange be-
tween the conflicting parties. When the
ruling commitment of life is given to
this kind of interchange conflict can be
made creative and not destructive.
"Our age will bring forth a culture
with fuller content of value than ever
before or else drive to destruction more
devastating than ever before. This is so
because of the magnitude of conflict in
our time. The Center for Creative
Interchange seeks to lead our society
to concentrate resources on the kind
of interchange leading from disaster to
that fuller content of value made pos-
sible by this age of conflict."
The Center's Director, Charles Palm-
gren, Associate Professor of Psychology
and Special Assistant to the President,
affirms Dr. Wieman's concepts and
potentiates his ideas together with his
own. Demonstrating how closely allied
these men are in their commitment to
the concept of Creative Interchange,
they are currently compiling material
for a book which should be ready for
publication later this year. Working on
this project with Dr. Wieman and Pro-
fessor Palmgren is Erie Fitz, D. O.
Dr. Fitz is a member of the National
Board of Advisors to the Center and
Chairman of the Department of Psychi-
atry.
Professor Palmgren is aided in the
administration of the Center by Assis-
tant Directors, Margaret Voorhees and
Mary Lou Cook. Mary Lou edits the
monthly publication, "Interchange".
Through "Interchange", members of
the Center are kept informed of ideas
and activities that are both current and
forth-coming. Its premier edition was
published in February. The style and
content of the newsletter reflect the
creative and artistic potential found
in the Center. Each month's issue fea-
tures comments by Dr. Wieman.
Since the Center's inception, Pro-
fessor Palmgren and his associates have
been using the techniques of lecture
classes, sensitivity training, psycho-
drama, body dynamics, dance, graphics,
non-verbal communication as well as
that exercises known as "T-groups".
Standing for "training" and not
"therapy", the T-group is usually
thought of as a form of sensitivity
training. At the Center, the Wieman
concept of creativity is injected into
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 the T-group, thus transforming it into
Creative Interchange.
Trying to tell it like it is, members
of these Creative Interchanges attempt
to break down the subtle barriers
which have been preventing people
from having meaningful exchanges of
communication for too long. In doing
so, participants hope to peel away the
veneers they have formed as a result
of years of coping with the intense
strains society has placed upon us.
Also working and teaching with
Charles Palmgren at the Center for
Creative Interchange are Bob Scott,
Sherry Levine and Dr. Fitz.
Mr. Scott is the Director of the
Harrison Treatment and Rehabilitation
Center and teaches classes in Psycho-
cybernetics at the Center.
Classes on self-awareness through
creative dance, body exercise and crea-
tive expression are offered by Sherry
Levine. Here, again, is still another
avenue of communication.
Dr. Fitz contributes in yet another
way by offering classes which delve
more deeply into the philosophies of
Henry Nelson Wieman.
Hoping to improve interpersonal
relations in management and to increase
productivity in their own organization,
a Des Moines architectural firm has
awarded the Center its first industrial
contract. It seems inevitable that other
fields will soon be discovering what
positive changes Creative Interchange
can bring about.
During the past year, the Center
acquired the part-time services of
Willene Tarry as staff member, special
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consultant, and trainer. Like Dr. Wie-
man and Professor Palmgren, Miss
Tarry's academic background is in
religion. Her work will involve class
and private counseling in addition to
working with sensitivity labs. She and
Professor Palmgren will develop sen-
sitivity training programs for churches,
business, and industrial groups.
Del R. Poling, who is Assistant Direc-
tor at the Pastoral Counseling Institute,
Inc., has also been invited to serve as
trainer.
Since its inception, considerable
interest has been shown in the Center
and its Director. Professor Palmgren
has been interviewed frequently on
local television shows and is often
asked to speak at public functions.
Professor Palmgren, rather than view-
ing the role of Director as strictly
leadership, sees his obligations as
"more a process of creating an innova-
tive environment in which our mem-
bers, staff, Assistant Directors, local
and national boards engage in Creative
Interchange".
In experiencing life with its endless
ramifications, if the individual chooses
to profit and learn from his conflicts
as well as from his conquests, he is
employing Dr. Wieman's concepts.
Rather than allowing alienation and
retaliation to result from everyday con-
frontations, Creative Interchange means
recognition and utilization of these
same conditions. Further, it means
knowing, understanding and accepting.
In a day when so many people are
asking "What can I do to make the
world a better place?", Creative Inter-
change and its Center in Des Moines
can hold the answer for many.
FACULTY FACTS
Teresamma Pinakatt, Ph.D., Associate Professor of
Physiology, was the featured speaker at the monthly
meeting of the Fourth District of the Iowa Society
of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons held in
Tripoli, May 4th.
Two members of the faculty were notified of grant
awards from the College's General Research Support
Program. Duncan Thomson, Ph.D., Assistant
Professor of Physiology, received almost $2000 to
study the "Bone Up-Take Rate of Radioactive
Calcium in Rats".
Mohinder S. Jarial, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of
Anatomy, received over $5000 to finance research
for "Utilization of the Electron Microscope to
Determine How Cerebral Spinal Fluid is
Manufactured".
The General Research Support Program is
funded by the National Institutes of Health.
·1SECL
James A. Orcutt, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology
and Chairman of the department, has been named
to the Roster of Authorities in Toxicology by the
National Library of Medicine. This roster is part of
the Toxicology Information Program, created in
1967 upon the recommendation by the President's
Science Advisory Committee.
Official representatives of the National Library
of Medicine will serve as intermediaries between
sources of inquiry and the Roster of Authorities, to
provide counsel or interpretative information in
specialized sub-topics in Toxicology.
DbBIFIRF5Psl
On April 24th, Erle W. Fitz, D.O., Professor of
Psychiatry and Chairman of the department, spoke
to the Department of Philosophy at the University
of Southern Illinois concerning "Philosophy as
Ground for Psychotherapy". Dr. Fitz was also the
sole psychiatrist to attend the annual meeting of the
Western Division of the American Philosophical
Association held in Cleveland, Ohio, early this
month.
L·BM5iIeir*·ie9,9R
Byron E. Laycock, D.O., Professor of Osteopathic
Principles and Practice and Chairman of the
department, was a featured speaker at the 70th
annual convention of the Michigan Association of
Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons held May
5-7th. Dr. Laycock discussed the "Manipulative
Aspects of Pediatrics".
P1BJBBCBe4fbhSaBbPi
R. Keith Simpson, D.O., Assistant Professor of
Medicine and Medical Director of the Harrison
Treatment and Rehabilitation Center, was appointed
a member of the National Board of Directors of the
National Council on Alcoholism during its recent
meeting in Fort Worth.
Dr. Simpson was appointed as Chairman of the
American Osteopathic Association's Task Force on
Alcoholism during its annual meeting last fall. He
was also instrumental in initiating both the program
and the facility known as the Harrison Treatment
and Rehabilitation Center, the first detoxification-
rehabilitative center of its kind.
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ALUMN I
1912
Earl C. Dymond, D.O., of Jackson,
Minnesota, retired August, 1967, after
a congestive heart attack. Dr. Dymond
was professor of Obstetrics at the Col-
lege from 1913 to 1916.
1922
Raymond L. Martin, D.O., of Mont-
pelier, Vermont, has a General Practice
and is on the staff of the Central Ver-
mont Medical Center.
1925
Charles W. Carruthers, D.O., recently
received recognition for his long years
of public service to the Canadian blind
during the laying of the cornerstone
for the A. V. Weir National Training
and Vocational Guidance Center in
Toronto. Dr. Carruthers, 83, was one
of the seven founders of the Canadian
National Institute for the Blind which
built the Weir Guidance Center. In
1967, he was awarded the Canada
Medal for his service.
1926
William R. Marlow, D.O., of Elgin,
Illinois, has now semi-retired after a
series of health problems.
1927
Ralph T. Van Ness, D.O., of Columbus,
Ohio, who had a specialty practice in
Proctology, retired April 1, 1968. He
was the Director of Manipulative Ther-
apy at Doctors Hospital.
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1930
Alice Paulson, D.O. of La Mars, Iowa,
recently returned from California and
Arizona where she spent her winter.
While in California, she attended the
California State Osteopathic Associa-
tion convention in Sacramento. She
also was one of the teachers at the
Osteopathic Cranial Seminar held re-
cently in Kirksville.
Sherman W. Meyer, D.O., of Parker,
Arizona, has been active in a project to
build two new hospitals for that area.
He has a brother, H. D. Meyer, D.O.,
of Nevada, Iowa, who is a 1931 gradu-
ate of C.O.M.S.
1933
R. W. Jack, D.O., of Wichita, Kansas,
is a Veterans' Administration Medical
Inspector of nursing homes for the
Kansas Medical Consultant Vocational
Rehabilitation and Educational Depart-
ment. He was, at one time, a trustee
of C.O.M.S., a member of the old
Corporate Board, Past-President of the
Iowa Alumni Association and the Boone
County Geriatric Society, a member of
the Legal and Legislative Committee
(I.S.O.P.S.) for 20 years (fourteen as
chairman), co-chairman of the Osteo-
pathic-Medical Liaison Committee for
seven years, past-president of the 6th
District of I.S.O.P.S., and the A.C.G.P.
He also was named General Practitioner
of the Year in 1961. In addition, he was
a district governor of the Lions' Club
of Iowa, (1951-52). Prior to moving to
Kansas, he was a member of the Boone
County Hospital staff for 25 years.
1935
J. R. Forbes, D.O., F.A.C.G.P., Phoenix,
Arizona, currently serves as President
of the American College of General
Practitioners in Osteopathic Medicine
and Surgery and was just named Physi-
cian of the Year by that organization.
He is a Past President of the I.S.O.P.S.
and a former director of the department
of Professional and Public Welfare in
the A.O.A.
1937
Captain Harold E. Dresser, D.O., Chief
Urologist of Tucson General Hospital
is one of 25 reserve public health
service officers called to duty on a
limited basis to work on health mobili-
zation projects. He and other reserve
medical officers will implement the
comprehensive community medical
preparedness plans, including planning
effective use of hospital reserve disaster
inventory unit supplies, coordinating
cotnmunity support of the emergency
health system and training professional
health personnel. An evaluation and
comparison will be made after 12
months.
Dr. Dresser served as surgeon general
for the reserve officers association for
67-68 term.
1940
E. E. Blackwood, D.O., of Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma is a staff member of
the Hillcrest Hospital.
Paul E. Kimberly, D.O., of St. Peters-
burg, Florida, is a member of the staff
of Suncrest Osteopathic Hospital, Largo,
Florida. Dr. Kimberly was on the
faculty of C.O.M.S. from 1939 to 1952.
1943
T. C. Peace, D.O., of Redfield, Iowa,
finished 48th in a field of 50 during
the Junior National Amateur Athletic
Union Marathon held in Redfield. Dr.
Peace was the only man over 50 who
entered and completed the grueling
26 mile event.
John Robert Shafer, D.O., of Lakewood,
Colorado, is a certified proctologist. He
is past-president of both the American
Osteopathic College of Proctology and
the Western States Osteopathic Society
of Proctology. He is also past chief of
staff of Rocky Mountain Osteopathic
Hospital and is currently a member of
the A.O.A. Committee of Post-doctoral
training.
Ralph W. Westfall, D.O., of Boone,
Iowa, is a member of DOCARE. He is
also associated with the Iowa Partners
of the Alliance for Progress and has
spent the last two summers in Yucatan
assisting in broadening the scope of
small mission clinics and hospitals in
the Yucatan jungles.
He has also served as a member of
the Board of Trustees of the Erickson
Public Library for the past 15 years. He
is also past president of the Boone
Lions' Club and a courtesy staff mem-
ber of the Boone County Hospital.
1950
Julius S. Nesbitt, D.O., South Bend,
Indiana, is a staff member of the South
Bend Osteopathic Hospital. In 1968,
he was the recipient of the "Boss of the
Year" award given by the Osteopathic
Assistants Organization.
1951
Robert J. Hindman, D.O., of Plymouth,
Michigan, is Assistant County Medical
Examiner for Wayne County. He is
a Commander, 927 Tac Hospital (A. F.
residency) Selfridge Air Force Base,
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 Michigan and is presently attending
school of aerospace medicine at Brooks
AFB, Texas.
1952
Edward Felmlee, D.O., will be featured
on the program of the 65th annual
O.O.A. convention. He will discuss
"Nomenclature for Orthopedics".
1953
Gerard K. Nash, D.O., of Amarillo, was
recently selected as a medical examiner
for the Preferred Risk Insurance Com-
panies, the largest total abstainers in-
surance companies in the country.
1955
Lyle R. Bailey, D.O., of Chandler, Ari-
zona, is chairman of the Medical Audit
and Records Committee at Mesa Gen-
eral Hospital and Past chairman of the
Department of General Practice of that
same hospital.
1957
A. J. Stepanski, D.O., was chief of
staff of Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital
in 1968. Dr. Stepanski has a general
practice in Drayton Plains, Michigan.
1959
Raymond A. Conn, D.O., of Nevada,
Missouri, is currently completing the
first year of a psychiatry residency.
1960
Allan R. Crosby, D.O., of Wauwatosa,
Wisconsin, attended the 40th Annual
Aerospace Medical Association meet-
ing just concluded in San Francisco.
Dr. Crosby, a major in the Wisconsin
Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Wing, partici-
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pated in a series of programs featuring
the latest developments in the medical
aspects of aviation and space travel.
Dawin Sprague, D.O., of Johnstown,
Colorado, is President of the Colorado
Society of General Practitioners, and a
member of the Board of Directors of
the Memorial Hospital in Greeley.
1961
Sidney Grobman, D.O., of Pedricktown,
New Jersey, is a member of the Board
of Directors of the New Jersey Associa-
tion of Osteopathic Physicians and
Surgeons; chairman of the Post Grad-
uate Education and Convention (1968-
69); chairman, Board of Directors of
Osteopathic Education Fund; chairman
of Osteopathic Progress Fund; chair-
man, Scholarship Fund Committee;
past-president of the Tri-County Osteo-
pathic Association; and a member of
the Board of Directors of the New
Jersey Heart Association, Salem County
Chapter.
Hector Luis Rivera, D.O., of Tampa,
Florida, is a member of the Insurance
Review Committee of the F.O.M.A.;
member of the Board of Trustees of
the F.O.M.A.; chairman of the com-
mittee on physical fitness and sport
medicine of F.O.M.A. That committee
recently held an athletic injuries sem-
inar for school physicians and athletic
coaches and trainers which featured
the physicians for the Detroit Lions.
1962
Herbert Kaufman, D.O., of Pontiac,
Michigan, was certified by the Ameri-
can Osteopathic Board of Radiology in
the summer of 1968.
Herbert L. Miller, D.O., of Madison
Heights, Michigan, is chairman of the
department of pediatrics at Martin
Place Hospitals. He was recently certi-
fied in Pediatrics by the American
Osteopathic Board of Pediatrics.
1963
David J. O'Mara, D.O., of Mesquite,
Texas, is chief of staff of Mesquite
General Hospital, Precinct Chairman of
his town and chairman of public rela-
tions for the Chamber of Commerce.
1965
Robert M. Dworkin, D.O., of Stratford,
New Jersey, is completing a residency
in radiology. He will begin a Stuart
Fellowship in Oncology and Chemo-
therapy and Radiation Therapy at Tem-
ple University Hospital in September,
1969.
John Eloian, D.O., of Tampa, Florida,
has been selected as Chief of Staff at
Good Samaritan Hospital, in Tampa,
for 1969.
1966
Paul Benien, Jr. D.O., of Fort Bliss Army
Hospital, El Paso, Texas, returned last
October from a year in Viet Nam.
Captain Benien is the recipient of the
Bronze Star, the Air Medal, Vietnam
Combat Medal, the National Defense
Medal and the Vietnamese Campaign
Ribbon, these last two may be won
only by men who have served with
infantry units.
He is also a member of the First
Team-1st Cavalry Division, the first
division to receive the presidential unit
citation in Vietnam.
Robert Bell, D.O., Naval Air Station
Dispensary in Key West, was recently
appointed chief of orthopedics and
assistant chief of dependent care.
Paul Gold, D.O., medical officer with
the Army's 1st Squadron, 11th Armored
Cavalry Regiment in Vietnam last sum-
mer has been awarded the Silver Star
for gallantry in action 28 June 1968.
The citation says, in part, "Captain
Gold, totally disregarding his own
safety leaped from his helicopter and
ran across a minefield through intense
hostile fire toward two disabled vehicles.
Completely ignoring shouted warnings
concerning the presence of mines, he
administered first aid to the wounded
crewmen and then fearlessly went from
one injured soldier to the next, render-
ing emergency medical treatment . .. "
Captain Gold has returned stateside
to Fort Sheridan, Illinois. He recently
presented testimony on the qualifica-
tions of D.O.'s for full practice rights
before a legislative committee of the
North Dakota House of Representatives.
Daniel H. Trachtenberg, D.O., of Phila-
delphia, recently served a year in Viet-
nam, 6 months at the 71st Medical
Evaluation Hospital and 6 months with
the Fourth Infantry Division. He is
presently stationed at Watson Army
Hospital in Fort Dix.
1967
Captain Irving Gold, D.O., formerly of
Detroit, was Battalion Surgeon in Viet-
nam. He is now with H.H.C. 311 11th
Infantry Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division
(AMERICAL) A.P.O. S.F. 96217
1968
Steve Stern, D.O., now completing his
internship at Osteopathic General Hos-
pital in North Miami, was one of the
first osteopathic residents to enter the
armed forces under the Osteopathic
Residency Deferment Program.
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Excellent Opportunity for association Fourth in a field of five doesn't win,
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references to: Yearly, the five osteopathic colleges
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Clare, Michigan 48617 the numbers of students enrolled. A
plaque is then awarded the school
Pisgah, Iowa: Located in Western Iowa. which earns the largest percentage of
"Small, clean town". Near two hospi- its goal.
tals. Active community club "willing When the final totals were made,
to give help and support to doctor". the colleges arranged themselves this
Present physician retiring, July 1. way.
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Arapahoe, Nebraska: Present physician KCOS 64%
retiring, facilities and equipment avail- KC 63%
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tion of 1100 residents. "Clean city with CCO 52%
businesses that provide for the necess-
ities of life."
New legislation enables doctors tak-
ing Board Examinations to practice To all those alumni and friends of
osteopathy . . . boards to be given the College that contributed to our
June 12-13th. seal campaign, we extend our sincere
Ernest H. Heidt appreciation.
Superintendent of Schools Sixty-two percent isn't very good,
Arapahoe, Nebraska 68922 but there is always next year.
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log book
College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery
VOLUME 47 * SUMMER 1969 * NUMBER 2

THE LOG BOOK is published quarterly by the College of Osteo-

pathic Medicine and Surgery. Second class postage is paid at
Des Moines, Iowa. Address all mail, change of address, or Form
3579 to 722 Sixth Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50309.

Editorial Staff

Editor .................................... Suzanne Foster

Editorial Advisor ........................ E. M. Meneough
Graphics ......................... The Graphic Corporation

NATIONAL ALUMNI OFFICERS

President ...................... William Lavendusky, D.O.

President-Elect ................. K. George Shimoda, D.O.
Secretary-Treasurer ................. R. Kieth Simpson, D.O.
Past-President .......................... B. B. Baker, D.O.
Director ............................. Paul T. Rutter, D.O.
Director ............................ Walter B. Goff, D.O.
Director ........................ Robert W. Johnson, D.O.

Table of Contents
Senior Class Farewell ....................................... 3
O.E.O. Neighborhood Health Centers ......................... 4
Honor Outstanding Students ................................ 6
Commencement '69 ........................ .............. 8
1969 G raduating Class ...................................... 10
Faculty Facts .................................... . 12
N .A.A ................... ................ .............. . 14
A lu m ni................................................... 17
In M em oriam .............................................. 19
Orientation ................................................ 19
Crisis of Spirit ............................... ...... ...... . 20
Special Improvement Grant .................................. 21
Student Council Contribution ............................... 22
Placem ent ................................. .. .. . .......... 23

ON THE COVER
Commencement 1969
 SENIOR
CLASS
It seems like a very short time since we
first crossed the threshold at COMS and
became medical students. We were no

FAREWELL
longer young, but we were inexperienced
and "green" in this awesome field of
medicine.
Gradually a metamorphosis took place.
The neophyte student, burdened by cumber-
some texts and impossible terminology be-
gan to show signs of judgement and reason.
As patients became real and not recorded
cases to be studied, the "student" in
"student doctor" became less apparent. The
second half of the phrase, "doctor", took
more and more emphasis and meaning. We
all looked forward to the day when doctor
would permanently replace mister.
To those who four years ago had faith in
our ability and encouraged us, to our wives
and families who encouraged and endured
us, our sincere thanks.
With this commencement, our student
days are over but let us hope, not so our
education.

M. Tedd McKinney
President
Class of 1969

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 PAST,
PRESENT, PROGRESS

O.E.O
NEIGHBORHOOD
The little black bag which has long sym-
bolized medicine is rapidly changing into
a Pandora's box. The few who take advan-
tage of Medicare and Medicaid payments
have tarnished the image of the entire pro-
fession. Other doubts are raised by students,
HEALTH
patients, and government officials. In general,
the so-called aloofness of medicine is being
challenged as more and more people voice
the opinion that health care is a right, not
CENTERS
a privilege.
This idea has extended to the neglected
and sometimes ignored, poverty areas. A
possible solution to the problem of meeting
the demand for adequate health care is
suggested in the neighborhood health
centers.
Walter J. McNerney, President, Blue
Cross Association, noted in a recent speech
to the Economic Club of Detroit,
"The concept of the neighborhood
health center deserves special note. Some
depressed areas have practically no quality
facilities or services, others have badly
fragmented facilities and services that are
hard to use, particularly for a mother with
small children at home, even if she knows
about them."
In November, 1966, administrators at The original area residents, who had
COMS, realizing the need for a program of developed the gross outlines of the program,
this type in Des Moines, established an demanded no change be made in the pro-
original pilot health facility in the Southeast gram location. A series of meetings and con-
Bottoms. The program proved successful. So frontations between both area residents and
successful that an application was made to officials resulted in compromise. The com-
the government for funding through the promise resulted in two part time neighbor-
Office of Economic Opportunity. Funds hood health centers.
were approved, but with the stipulation that Today, both clinics operate 20 hours per
the health care program be transplanted to week. They are each staffed by a supervising
another location. physician, two fourth year students, one
third year student, and area residents in
non-professional capacities.
The Southeast Bottoms Neighborhood
Health Center, which is in the Northwest

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corner of an area that is traditionally and
geographically deprived, is headed by Glenn
E. Bigsby, D.O., Assistant Professor of
Osteopathic Principles and Practice. It is
located in the South East Side Project, Inc.,
building. In addition to housing the health
center, the building serves as a central point
for activities which attempt to help area
resident improve and develop neighborhood
conditions.
Pat Collier, L.P.N., originally from that
area, also serves as receptionist-medical
records secretary.
The patient load has been gradually in-
creasing as word of mouth "advertising"
filters deeper into the area. Since January 1,
a 20% increase or about one new patient per
day has been noted.
The Northwest (Delaware) Neighborhood
Health Center is housed in part of the
Delaware Job Opportunity Center, which
has a separate program for job training and
education. Genevieve Stoddard, D.O., Assis-
tant Professor of Obstetrics-Gynecology,
supervises.
Like its counterpart, the Delaware Neigh-
borhood Health Center must rely on word
of mouth advertising. Dr. Stoddard and
members of her staff initiated the "adver-
tising" campaign by attending various club
and group meetings in the area. The informal
speeches rapidly resulted in more patients.
The patient load is still increasing.
The combined patient load of both
Health Centers is approximately 100 patients
per week.
Since one of the most obvious problems
in any deprived area is transportation, a
rented bus and a part time driver recruited
from one of the neighborhoods fills this need.
He transports patients to and from the centers,
delivers lab samples, takes patients for x-rays
and consultations and returns patients home.
When the need has arisen, the bus has been
utilized as an ambulance.
Approximately 50% of the drugs used
are donated by pharmaceutical companies.
The operation of the health centers
appears to be mutually beneficial to both
the areas being served and the college. The
provision of health care is an obvious bene-
fit to the area residents; the benefit to the
college is not so obvious.
The student doctors learn to treat patients
without elaborate clinical equipment. They
learn to substitute and improvise. As one of
the supervising physicians noted, "Our
student doctors, when they complete this
service, are very able to maintain a good
general practice."
In a day when the public is crying out for
more general practioners, what could be
better?
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 Frequently, during the four year preparation
necessary to educate, manipulate, and some-
times, flagellate, young men into osteopathic
physicians, a few students show more ability
or interest than the average. An attempt to

HONOR
single these individuals out and honor them
is made with the Awards Convocation.
This year, the following awards were
presented.
Mosby Book Awards

OUTSTANDI NO
Thomas Aiello
James Bates
James Blessman
Paul Considine
Michael DeCosmo

STUDENTSChemical Rubber Company Award

First year biochemistry student is given
a scroll recognizing superior academic
achievement in science plus a late edition
of the Chemistry and Physics Handbook.
Harrison Pratt
Psi Sigma Alpha
National Osteopathic Scholarship honor
society. Three awards.
Highest scholastic average for first year.
Thomas Aiello
Highest scholastic average for two years.
John Mayes
Highest scholastic average for four years.
Joseph Braun
Scientific Paper Writing Contest
The top COMS paper entered in the
Marion Laboratories Scientific Paper Writing
Contest was written by Wade Brantley, then
a third year student. The paper was titled
"Joint Mobilization and Muscle Strengthen-
ing Exercises".
The two runners-up were Michael Lyszak
and Carl Toben for their papers, "The Osteo-
pathic Management of Congenital Muscular
Torticollis" and "Pes Planus-Prophylaxis
and Treatment", respectively.
The American College of Osteopathic
Pediatricians sponsored a contest for the
first time this year. The subject was Pediatric
Urology; the COMS winners were Mario
Maiese and Saul Rose.

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Departmental Awards
Anatomy
Jim LaRose
Tedd McKinney
Harry Johnston
Gary Falkenberg
Biochemistry
Robert Condra
Stephen Finkelstein
Steven R. Shapiro
Murray Goldberg
Osteopathic Principles & Practice
Saul Rose
Pharmacology
Paul Epstein
Harrison Treatment and Rehabilitation
Center
Patrick J. Reno
Preceptorship
Gerald Shapiro
Psychiatry
Michael Wright
Undergraduate Academy of Applied Oste-
opathy
Daniel Yamshon
Russell C. McCaughan Memorial Scholarship
William Artherholt
Irvin S. Merlin Memorial
Leslie Kareus
Charles Reed Memorial Award
Paul Epstein
Graduation with Distinction
James LaRose
This is the highest recognition given by
the College to a graduating senior. The
award is based on scholastic average, clinical
aptitude and services, personality, and
scientific and literary initiative.
The Awards Convocation was held
Wednesday, June 4th, during Senior Week.

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 COMMENCEMENT
Ig v Our campus is not exactly a plush, tree-
dotted park. A walk around the perimeter of
our facilities is more likely to get one
mugged than enhance a romantic mood.
However, external appearances are fre-
quently misleading. The 82 young men that
earned their Doctor of Osteopathy degrees
this June can testify to that fact. So can the
wives and families that patiently waited and
encouraged the 82 young men.
This year, Commencement exercises
were held June 5th in Veterans' Memorial
Auditorium. Featured as the keynote speaker
was the Honorable Ray Harrison, Judge of
the Municipal Court.
Judge Harrison urged the graduates to
strive to be good doctors.
"A good doctor, in my judgment, is
comfortable among the hopeless. He throws
a bridge of hope across the gulf of despair.
He attends to the lepers of life".
Judge Harrison prescribed six "pills of
happiness" to the new physicians. The
"pills" were quoted from an article by Dr.
Murray Banks, a noted psychiatrist, entitled,
"How to Rub Shoulders with Happiness".
"1. Stop lying to yourself.
2. Murder your worries.
3. Give your old age a kick.
4. Live your life a day at a time.
5. Create an image in your mind of what
you would like to be, and be it.
6. Treat yourself with a light touch."
Following the keynote address, Judge
Harrison and 1. Scott Heatherington, D.O.,
then President-elect of the AOA, were given
honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees
from the college. Dr. Heatherington was the
featured speaker at the annual senior
farewell banquet.
In July, Judge Harrison was in Washing-
ton, D.C., to testify before a U.S. Senate
sub-committee studying alcoholism at the
invitation of Senator Harold Hughes (Dem.,
la.), chairman of the sub-committee. Senator
Hughes is the former governor of Iowa.

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GRADUATING CLASS I · F~I

Luis Barroso Osteopathic General Hospital John Patrick Henn Saginaw Osteopathic
Havana, Cuba of North Miami Beach Des Moines, Iowa
Brian James Beck Flint General Hospital John Kenneth Honeywell Oklahoma Osteopathic
Farmington, Michigan Laverne, Oklahoma
Phillip Beyer Oklahoma Osteopathic Hugh Howard Des Moines General
Delhi, Iowa Hospital Warren, Ohio
Joseph Braun Detroit Osteopathic John Harvey Hufford Rocky Mountain Osteopathic
Oradell, New Jersey Des Moines, Iowa
Larry J. Breitenstein Fort Worth Osteopathic Harry D. Johnston Memorial Osteopathic
Azie, Texas Mercersberg, Pa. Hospital, York
Edward Burke Garden City- Ridgewood Leslie G. Kareus Rocky Mountain Osteopathic
Archbald, Pa. Detroit, Michigan
Salvatore Cerniglia Cherry Hill Osteopathic Allen Jack Kline Cherry Hill Osteopathic
Bayonne, New Jersey New York
Robert Condra Osteopathic General Hospital Anthony Charles Korvas Interboro General
Norristown, Pa. of North Miami Beach Stanton, Pa.
Lowell Dertinger Standring Memorial John Kozura III Memorial Osteopathic, York
De Kalb, Illinois Osteopathic Minersville, Pa.
Peter Dodenhoff Mount Clemens Dennis Walter Kropp Parkview Hospital,
Grosse Pointe, Michigan Philadelphia Philadelphia
Gertrude Doughten Des Moines General Hospital lan Landis Interboro General
Thornburg, Iowa New York
Jefferson Emery Rocky Mountain Osteopathic James Michael LaRose* Oklahoma Osteopathic
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Detroit, Michigan
Daniel Enneking Detroit Osteopathic Robert Perry Lorey Portland Osteopathic
Meridan, Iowa Des Moines, Iowa
Paul Epstein Cherry Hill Osteopathic Max Theodore McKinney II Zieger Osteopathic
Chester, Pa. Wayne, Michigan
Stewart Epstein Flint General Mario Louis Maiese Flint Osteopathic
Detroit, Michigan Camden, New Jersey
William Robert Esser Normandy Osteopathic Barry Mendelson Grandview Hospital
Racine, Wisconsin Dayton, Ohio
Gary Arden Falkenberg Garden City- Ridgewood Gerald David Miller Des Moines General Hospital
Taylor, Michigan Edwardsport, Indiana
Stephen Finkelstein Henry J. Monetti Interboro General
Interboro General Hospital
Hicksville, New York New York
Richard J. Foster Garden City- Ridgewood
Geneva, Illinois
Angelo J. Freda Memorial Osteopathic
Brooklyn, New York Hospital, York
Daniel Ross Gandy Des Moines General
Willows, California
Murray Edward Goldberg Flint General Hospital
Wallingford, Pa.
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Members of the 1969 graduating class, their home towns and their internship hospitals are:

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Leon H. Morris Detroit Osteopathic Stanley Schikowitz Martin Place Hospital
Abington, Pa. New York
Anthony Vincent Mosca Community General Donovan Schmidt Flint Osteopathic
Davidsville, Pa. Osteopathic, Harrisburg Forest City, Iowa.
Lawrence Emil Nathan, Jr. Detroit Osteopathic Richard Allen Schwartz Garden City- Ridgewood
Detroit, Michigan Fairview Park, Ohio
Irwin Nemeth Interboro General Richard Lee Shaffer Davenport Osteopathic
Oak Park, Michigan Wichita, Kansas
Duane Donald Olson Eastway General Hospital Lawrence Shefter Metropolitan Hospital,
Denver, Colorado East Meadow, New York Philadelphia
Nirmalendu Kumar Pandeya Doctors Hospital, Columbus Robert Smith Dallas Osteopathic
Motihari, Rihar, India Lovington, New Mexico
Anthony Pavone Detroit Osteopathic Stephen Norman Snyder Cherry Hill
Harpers Wood, Michigan Chester, Pa.
Edward Vance Pierce Phoenix General Hospital In Suok Suo Portland Osteopathic
Los Angeles, California Seoul, Korea
Larry Plosker Green Cross General Joseph R. N. Thomas, Jr. Standring Memorial
Cleveland Heights, Ohio Oakland, Iowa Osteopathic
William L. Reinwasser Richmond Heights General Peter Jerome Tomko Garden City- Ridgewood
Philadelphia, Pa. Royal Oak, Michigan
Patrick J. Reno Garden City- Ridgewood Raffi Toroyan Flint Osteopathic
Wayne, Michigan Detroit, Michigan
Robert Riggs Brentwood Hospital George Angelo Vasilion Doctors Hospital, Columbus
Cleveland, Ohio Canton, Ohio
George Edward Ristow Garden City- Ridgewood Charles George Vonder Embse Doctors Hospital, Columbus
Albion, Michigan Lima, Ohio
Roger John Rohr Flint Osteopathic Richard O. Wagner, Jr. Garden City- Ridgewood
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin Sandusky, Ohio
Saul Rose Detroit Osteopathic Gerald Lawrence Wathier Saginaw Osteopathic
Brooklyn, New York Geneseo, Illinois
Charles William Rudd Oklahoma Osteopathic John Anthony Weibel Des Moines General
Houston, Texas Chariton, Iowa
Sigmond Stephen Rutkowski Delaware Valley Hospital Allen J. Weinstein Detroit Osteopathic
Philadelphia, Pa. Philadelphia, Pa.
Gary Stephen Safier Parkview Hospital, George Alexander Wirstiuk Pontiac Osteopathic
Philadelphia, Pa. Philadelphia Detroit, Michigan
Gerald Safier Osteopathic General David John Wiseley Saginaw Osteopathic
Philadelphia, Pa. Dearborn, Michigan
John Schepman Eastway General Michael Flynn Wright Flint Osteopathic
Falls City, Nebraska Atlanta, Georgia
Daniel Yamshon Zieger Osteopathic
Oak Park, Michigan

*Graduation with Distinction

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FACULTY
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Norman Rose, D.O., has been appointed a full time
faculty member as Assistant Professor of Surgery and tion at Des Moines General Hospital. She joined the
Acting Chairman of the department.
A 1963 graduate of COMS, Dr. Rose attended
Marietta College in Marietta, Ohio, before his
enrollment. While at COMS, he was a member of
Sigma Phi, national honorary service fraternity, and in OB-GYN Surgery in 1963 from the certifying board
P.S.G.
Dr. Rose interned at Des Moines General and
completed a General Surgical Residency there.
He is replacing Dr. Roger Senty, who is on a
12-month leave of absence in Aarhus, Denmark,
were he is doing post-graduate work in Urology and
related fields.
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David R. Celander, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry
and Chairman of the department, has been notified
of a grant award in the amount of $19,073 from the
Public Health Services, National Heart Institute,
National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Celander's current research program con-
cerns blood clot dissolving enzymes and blood
coagulation.
He has been doing research supported by the
Public Health Service for the past 17 years.
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Samuel Brint, D.O., F.A.C.O.O.G., replaced Eliza-
beth Burrows, D.O., as Professor of Obstetrics-
Gynecology and Chairman of the department. Dr.
Brint, formerly chairman of the department of OB-
GYN at Metropolitan Hospital in Philadelphia, is a
1942 graduate of the Philadelphia College of
Osteopathic Medicine. He is certified in Obstetrics-
Gynecology Surgery and is a diplomat and member
of the American Board of Osteopathic Obstetricians
and Gynecologists. He is the author of numerous
articles on Obstetrics-Gynecology.
Dr. Burrows is now Director of Medical Educa-
COMS faculty in 1958 as Assistant Professor of
OB-GYN. A 1941 graduate of the California College
of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, she received
certification as a specialist in OB-GYN in 1951 and
of the American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians
and Gynecologists.
Prior to coming to COMS, she was in private
practice in Oakland, California where she was also
chairman of the Department of Obstetrics-Gyne-
cology. In addition to being chairman of the OB-GYN
department here, she was Director of the College
Clinics.
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George T. Taylor, Ph.D., joined the faculty this
summer as Assistant Professor of Anatomy. He was
formerly an Instructor in Zoology with Atlantic
Christian College in Wilson, N.C.
He earned his A.B. in biology in 1957 from
Gilford College, his M.A. in Zoology in 1964 from
the University of North Carolina, and his Ph.D. from
the University of Massachusetts in 1969. He has
also worked with the University of Michigan Bio-
logical Station and with Duke University Marine
Laboratory.
Dr. Taylor is a member of the American Society
of Zoologists, Marine Biological Association of the
United Kingdom, and the American Ornithologists
Union.
Mearl A. Kilmore, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of
Pharmacology, was notified earlier this month by
the Bureau of Research of the AOA of a grant award
of $9,500 for his research in "Hemodynamics of
Essential Hypertension as Affected by Abdominal
Reflexes".
Earlier this summer, Ayerst Laboratories donated
half of the cost of an M-4001 module to assist Dr.
Kilmore in his research of D-Propranolol and AY-21,
011, two new drugs he is researching to determine
public consumption.
Dr. Kilmore has had almost 30 papers published
in the fields of respiratory physiology, humidification
of the respiratory tract during anesthesia, and
evaluation of new drugs in anesthesia.
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Thomas Vigorito, D.O., President, was elected Vice
Chairman of the Iowa Regional Advisory Group, the
governing body of the Iowa Regional Medical Pro-
gram. The Advisory Group is headed by George J.
Hegstrom, M.D., of Ames, Iowa. The Medical Pro-
gram, which is federally funded, is designed to
improve health care in Iowa in the areas of cancer,
stroke, and related diseases.
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Donald F.M. Bunce II, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology
and Chairman of the department, is on a six-month
sabbatical leave in London. Dr. Bunce will be doing
research at the Mathilda and Terence Kennedy Insti-
tute of Rheumatology at the invitation of its Director,
D. L. Gardener, Ph.D.
Dr. Gardener was a visiting Professor at the
College in 1965.
The Kennedy Institute has been doing research
which involves pathophysiology of the fine circula-
tion as seen using the double hemostat which Dr.
Bunce invented. The double hemostat enables the
removal of arteries and veins, filled with blood, from
living animals. With this device, one can study vessel
structure as they exist during life.
The husband and wife team of Narayana Rao and
Lalitha Kosuri joined the faculty September 1, 1969.
Narayana Rao, Assistant Professor of Pharma-
cology, earned his B.V.Sc. degree from Osmania
University in Hyderbad, India; his M.S. degree from
Kansas State University; and his Ph.D. this September
from the University of Wisconsin.
He is a member of Gamma Alpha, the American
Association for the Advancement of Science, and the
American Veterinary Medicine Association.
Lalitha, Assistant Professor of Pathology, had both
her premedical and her medical training at Andhra
University, India. She interned at Guntur General
Hospital in Guntur, India, and had two years of
resident training in anatomical pathology, cytology,
and cytogenetics.
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Maduloori Wilson Williams, Ph.D. Assistant Pro-
fessor of Pathology, also joined the faculty in
September.
He earned an M.B. and B.S. degree (similar to
M.D. degree) and interned at General Hospital in
Madras, India. He did a residency in Clinical
Pathology in both Madras Medical College and King
Institute of Preventive Medicine. He then did work
in Immunology and Bacteriology in both India and
the United Kingdom.
In 1953, Dr. Williams returned to the United
Kingdom and was awarded his Ph.D from the
University of London. He returned to India and
eventually was named the Director of the Institute
of Preventive Medicine.
He has worked with Sir Alexander Fleming,
Maaloe Prevot, Robert Cruickshank, and others
during his training.
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Stanley D. Miroyiannis, Ph.D., Professor of Anatomy
and Chairman of the department, and Henry J.
Ketman, D.O., Professor of Radiology and Chairman
of the department, by request of the Administration,
represented the College at the Iowa Conference of
the American Association of University Professors
held at Ames, Iowa, May 17th.
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 N.A.A.
REORGANIZATION AND RENEWAL
The most important part of any building
design is the foundation. A strong foundation
insures both the permanency and the stability
of the building. Since the College is embark-
ing on a building program; now is the time
to strengthen and renew our foundation: The
National Alumni Association.
David A. Dancer, Director of Alumni
Relations, is attempting to do just that. The
cement he wants to use to reinforce our
"foundation" is communication.
Certification of Delegates
Return to:
R. Keith Simpson, D.O.
Secretary-Treasurer of C.O.M.S. Alumni Association
722 Sixth Ave.,
Des Moines, Iowa 50309
This will certify
as a delegate from to the House of
Delegates of the C.O.M.S. Aumni Association.
Alternate delegates are
Secretary
Mr. Dancer advocates three steps to
accomplish this end.
1. More communication between the divi-
sional or state chapters and the national
association and between the divisional
chapters themselves.
2. The establishment of an active state
chapter with a program of activities that
would be of interest to the chapter mem-
bers.
3. Representation by the states at the national
convention and participation in the busi-
ness of the convention, i.e., the House of
Delegates.
The 1969 meeting of the National Alumni
Association will be held October 7th at 12:00
noon in the Trianon Ballroom of the New
York Hilton Hotel. The House of Delegates
will meet after the Alumni Luncheon.
Each state, as indicated by the National
Alumni Association Constitution and By-
Laws, is allocated "one delegate, and one
additional delegate for each ten (or major
fraction thereof) of the number of active
members of the Association located within
the territory represented by the divisional
chapter". Active membership is limited to
those who pay dues to the Association
annually. The House of Delegates is the
legislative body of the National Alumni
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1930
Alice Paulsen, D.O., Le Mars, Iowa, was the
subject of a special feature article in the
Le Mars Sentinel, June 30th. Dr. Paulsen is
the only osteopathic physician in that town.
She is quoted as saying, "During these years
of practice in Le Mars, I have enjoyed a very
successful practice in this fast growing and
prosperous community".
1935
L. L. Theberge, D.O., of Rapid City, South
Dakota, is a trustee of the South Dakota
Society of Osteopathic Physicians and
Surgeons.
1937
Myron N. Bos, D.O., of Albia, Iowa, served
as an alternate in the House of Delegates of
the AOA during its annual business meeting
in Chicago in late July.
Harold E. Dresser, D.O., USPHSR, was
honored recently by the Department of the
Navy for time and service in the Naval
Reserve program. His commendation reads
in part: "The need for our reservists to be
constantly at a high peak of efficiency is
as necessary today as any time in our
country's history. Your outstanding perfor-
mance has contributed significantly to
improving the readiness of our Naval Re-
serve. In your case, the adage, 'to be a
Reservist is to be twice a good citizen' is
doubly true."
Dr. Dresser has been appointed the Mili-
tary Medical Representative by the Reserve
Officers Association of the United States to
the 22nd Congress of the Commissioned
International Officers of the Reserves of
NATO countries to be held in Breda, Holland.
Earl Jurgenson, D.O., Meservey, Iowa, was
honored at a community reception August
24th. Dr. Jurgenson has been in practice
since 1937.
He is a 4th District Trustee of the
I.S.O.P.S., a member of the Meservey Lions
Club, the Meservey Booster Club, Pleasant
Valley Golf Club, the Order of Masons, and
the BPOE Lodge of Mason City.
ALUMN I
1938
W. P. Kelsey, D.O., of Newell, Iowa, was
featured in an article about Professional Men
and Women in the Newell Mirror. He is a
member of the town council and chairman
of the board of the Good Samaritan Center.
1940
Lloyd T. Jackson, D.O., of Ramona, South
Dakota, is the President of that state society.
Paul E. Kimberly, D.O., St. Petersburg,
Florida, presented an address titled "Divi-
sional Societies and the Osteopathic Con-
cept" during the recent S.D.S. meeting.
1942
Laverne P. Mills, D.O., of Platte, South
Dakota, is a trustee of the South Dakota
state society.
1943
K. George Shimoda, D.O., of Marshalltown,
Iowa, was elected to a four year term on the
Iowa Commission on Alcoholism by
Governor Robert Ray.
1947
Wilmouth J. Mack, D.O., of Garner, Iowa,
was a participant in the Philmont Scout
Ranch and Explorer Base Training Program,
University of the Great Outdoors.
The course, taught at the Philmont Train-
ing Center in the foothills of the Sangre de
Cristo Mountains, is one of 25 courses that
were offered to more than 1000 volunteer
Scout Leaders this summer.
Dr. Mack is in the activities conference,
which is part of a national training program
organized by the National Council, Boy
Scouts of America.
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 1948
Both Sarah Jean Lee, D.O., and Frank
Tepner, D.O., (1961) were featured in an
article in the Humboldt, Iowa, "Republican".
The article concerned the work physicians
in rural areas were doing and the need for
more doctors to share the work load.
1949
Thomas C. Dozier, D.O., of Warren, Ohio,
was elected Lieutenant Governor of Educa-
tion of Toastmasters International District 10
at a convention held in Akron. This is the
second highest office in that district which
has 54 clubs and over 900 members in
northern Ohio.
Dr. Dozier was elected to the Board of
Directors of the Warren Kawanis Club for a
three year term this summer.
He is a member of the surgical depart-
ment of Warren General Hospital, Warren,
Ohio.
1956
Thomas F. Hardin, Jr., D.O., of Orange Park,
Florida, was elected chief of staff by Clay
Memorial Hospital.
Charles R. Smith, hospital administrator,
said, "Our medical staff, composed entirely
of medical doctors except for Dr. Hardin,
unanimously approved the recommendation
of the nominating committee that Dr. Hardin
have the honor and responsibility of chief of
staff this year (1969) as reward for his many
years of conscientious duty and devotion to
the hospital and his patients in the
community".
1960
R. F. Coatney, D.O., is moving his practice
from Earling, Iowa, to Anita. Dr. Coatney will
be replacing the late Dr. Alfred Driscoll.
Dr. Coatney has been in practice in
Earling for six years.
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1963
Oscar E. Gutierrez, D.O. is the principal
backer for the construction of a 150-bed
private hospital in San Antonio, Texas. The
staff will include Oscar D. Gutierrez, D.O.,
(1967) and Rex Ollom, D.O., (1963), among
others.
Officials from that area feel that the
proposed hospital will be meeting a serious
local need, indicated by a recent study that
shows the San Antonio area lacks almost
1000 hospital beds.
1965
Richard H. Sherman, D.O., of Columbus,
Ohio, was a participant in the program of
the Ohio Osteopathic Association. He dis-
cussed "Use of Progestin-Estrogen in the
Immediate post-partum period".
1967
Captain Irving Gold, D.O., was wounded
during a mortar attack on May 12 in Vietnam.
He is recuperating at Valley Forge General
Hospital, the Army hospital in Phoenixville,
Pa., and expects to remain at the hospital for
a period of six to eight months. Friends may
write to him at the hospital, or letters can
be sent to his new permanent address: 210
Harvard, Southfield, Michigan 48075.
1968
John S. Sinnott, D.O., opened offices in Ida
Grove, Iowa in late July. Dr. Sinnott recently
completed his internship at Rocky Mountain
Osteopathic Hospital.
Alan B. Vasher, D.O., who recently com-
pleted his internship at Riverside Osteo-
pathic Hospital, Trenton, Michigan, began
a general practice in Lansing, Iowa, in
mid-July.
The Alumni Office has available for distribu-
tion:
Divisional Chapter Manual
History of bills of interest to COMS and
to osteopathic physicians introduced during
the 1969 regular session of the 63rd General
Assembly of Iowa.

The College wishes to extend deepest sym-
pathy to the family and friends of the
following:
1922-Earl D. Jayne, D.O., Painesville, Ohio
1925-Mabel Runyan, D.O., Billings,
Montana
1926-Estelle A. Wise, D.O., Cherokee,
iowa
1928-F. J. Wilson, D.O., Maderia Beach,
Florida
1938-Stephen D. Russell, D.O., Portland,
Maine
1942-Glen Munger, D.O., Benton Harbor,
Michigan
1950-joseph Daley, D.O., New York, New
York
1952 -oseph Sage, D.O., Greeley, Colorado
1961-Moneta D. White, D.O., Scottsdale,
Arizona
1961 -George Wilson, D.O., Carlisle, Iowa
1964-Alfred W. Driscoll, D.O., Anita, Iowa
1967-Leon Kauderer, D.O., Wilmington,
Delaware
ORIENTATION
Orientation for over 100 incoming stu-
dents at COMS was held August 28-29.
Members of the administration greeted
students and discussed the college's
philosophy, objectives and goals.
Irwin G. Groff, D.O., President, Polk
County Society of Osteopathic Physicians
and Surgeons, and Jack H. Hannum, D.O.,
of Le Claire, President, Iowa Society of
Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons,
extended the welcome of the local and
state osteopathic societies. Various student
representatives gave personal insight into
college activities.
Of the 101 matriculants, 24 are from
Pennsylvania, 15 are from Michigan, 14
are from New York. Iowa ranks fourth
with 10 residents in the class of 1973.
This is one of the largest first year
classes C.O.M.S. has had. Over 590
applications were received for the 101
places.
K. Keith Simpson, D.O., Secretary-Treasurer of the
National Alumni Association, welcomed the new
students on behalf of the NAA.
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CRISIS OFTHE
SPIRIT
On July 22, 1969, J. Scott Heatherington,
D.O., became the seventy-third President of
the American Osteopathic Association. Dr.
Heatherington is well known in the profes-
sion and has the potential for becoming one
of the great presidents of the AOA.
In his inaugural address he spoke of many
things he hoped to bring to his year of
leadership. The address, published in the
September issue of THE JOURNAL OF THE
AOA, should be read thoughtfully by every
member of the profession. It is an important
address because he is talking pointedly to
each of us.
Dr. Heatherington rightly points out that
the osteopathic profession, above all else,
is concerned with the humanity of people as
well as the scientific care of their health
and diseases.
In speaking of the health crisis, he states
unequivocally that "There is also a crisis of
the spirit, a crisis of forgotten ideals.' He
emphasizes that the spirit in which a physi-
cian renders his service is often as important
as the service itself. He rightly notes that the
public is becoming restless over what it
believes to be a tendency to dehumanize
man in the rush of scientific advancement.
The attitudes of service are important.
Physicians should not be mere dispensers of
scientific medicine but compassionate and
understanding people, seeking to serve all
the needs of their patients.
As Dr. Heatherington has become the
heir of leadership in the AOA, we become
joint heirs in further developing humanism
in medical practice. With him we can
demonstrate to the American people that
the osteopathic profession is, as President
Heatherington states, "the new leader they
seek."

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STUDY SPECIAL
IMPROVEMENT
GRANT

Alexander Adler, Information Officer, Divi-
sion of Physician Manpower, Bureau of
Health Professionals Education and Man-
power Training, National Institutes of Health,
Bethesda, Maryland, visited the College in
late July. Mr. Adler is doing a study on the
uses of the Special Improvement Grant in
certain selected medical schools across the
nation. The results of his study will be dis-
tributed to government officials, congress-
men, and others interested in improving the
present physician manpower training and
educational facilities.
COMS was the recipient of a Special
Improvement Grant continuation for
$299,868 earlier this year. The Special
Improvement Grants are intended to aid
schools in developing curricula, improving
teaching methods, and, in general, increas-
ing their educational quality. The funds
awarded to COMS will be used for the
acquisition of additional faculty personnel.

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Mildred Kindhart was struck by a tragedy

that will remain with them the rest of their
lives. A fire destroyed their home, fatally
burned their youngest child, and severely
injured Mildred Kindhart. After five and a
half months in the hospital, Mrs. Kindhart is
finally home again.
The family was forced to seperate and is
just now beginning to emerge from shock.
The intensive treatment Mrs. Kindhart has
had and will continue to require is straining
the family budget to the breaking point.
Members of the COMS Student Council
heard about the plight of the Kindhart family
by way of a television interview donated by
a local station to gain financial support for
the family. The Council members unani-
mously voted to donate 34 pints of blood to
replace that used by Mrs. Kindhart.
It is only a small part of the total debt
owed by the family, but for James Kindhart,
it is a beginning.

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PLACEMENT SERVICE
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Some of us can still remember the good
doctor with his horse and carriage, brav-
ing snow and storm to bring help to the
sick. There is quite a contrast to the
antiseptic white office, the impersonal
poking and testing, the curt diagnosis
common today.
The modern mode of medical practice
may have been the result of increasing
population and decreasing numbers of
physicians. Regardless of its cause, it has
its place, but not in rural communities.
Our "Placement Service" is an attempt to
match physicians who want rural prac-
tices with the communities that need
them.
Wheatland, Iowa: Small town, Northwest
of Davenport. No physician at present.
Almost mid-way between Cedar Rapids
and Clinton.
Mr. Robert Stankee
Wheatland, Iowa
Eads, Colorado: 3000 population. Mod-
ern, well-equipped 18 bed hospital with
9 bed nursing home attached. Physician
will serve the entire county.
Willard E. Holthus
Administrator
Weisbrod Memorial County Hospital
Box 817
Eads, Colorado 81036
Ravenwood, West Virginia: 12,000 to
15,000 population. New Kaiser Alumi-
num Plant presently on $40 million
expansion program near.
Three hospitals nearby. Was team
physician for local high school.
L. M. Monroe, D.O.
504 Walnut Street
Ravenwood, West Virginia 26164
Belle Plaine, Iowa: 3000 population.
Building available, 6 examination rooms,
x-ray, air conditioning. Most office equip-
ment still in building. Hospital 15 miles
away. 35 miles to Cedar Rapids.
E. K. Clear or Jay Lynch
Belle Plaine, Iowa 52208

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